(no subject)
I been hangin round this place
I been lookin through your space
I been waitin on you
I've been waitin on you
All the places you would go
All the people that you know
I've been lookin for you
I've been lookin for you
And all those pretty people up on El Cerrito Place
They all got something in their pocket, all got something on their face
They all roll down to La Brea where it meets the boulevard
Singin Hallelujah while they dance over the stars
They all think they're goin far
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Somebody said they might have seen you
Where the ocean meets the land, so I've been out here all night lookin
For your footprints in the sand
Did you hear the ocean singing? Baby did you sing along?
While you danced over the water to some old forgotten song
Or where you even here at all?
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Somehow I wound up in the desert just after daylight
Theres a Joshua Tree growing in that old place you always liked
These pioneer town people they ain't got too much to say
If they might have seen you they ain't givin you away
Now it's been two days
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Think I'll go back to the city, back to El Cerrito Place
That's the last time I saw that pretty smile upon
I been lookin for you baby...
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When I saw her standing there, with her bright eyes and shining hair,
she was looking back at me.
Some are meant to sing, some are meant to talk and some aren’t meant to say a thing.
But when she opened up her mouth and that sweet voice came out
I lost track of my own name.
Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.
Well the drifter, He holds on to his youth just like it was money in the bank.
And “Lord knows, I can’t change” sounds better in the song
than it does with hell to pay.
I might as well of slipped that ring on your finger from a window of a van
as it drove away.
Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.
Dreams are given to you when you’re young enough to dream them
before they can do you any harm.
They don’t start to hurt, until you try to hold on to them after seeing how they really are.
She used to dream them with me, every single crazy one,
until they started hurting her too, now she’s got some of her own
and outgrowing me, might be the best thing for her she’s ever done.
A light that shines as bright as hers can’t be kept in the shadows for too long.
A heart that wants to live and a soul that wants to give
can’t just sit at home alone.
Lord, she’s give me everything and never wanted anything I couldn’t give.
Just what was inside of me.
And now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.
I been lookin through your space
I been waitin on you
I've been waitin on you
All the places you would go
All the people that you know
I've been lookin for you
I've been lookin for you
And all those pretty people up on El Cerrito Place
They all got something in their pocket, all got something on their face
They all roll down to La Brea where it meets the boulevard
Singin Hallelujah while they dance over the stars
They all think they're goin far
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Somebody said they might have seen you
Where the ocean meets the land, so I've been out here all night lookin
For your footprints in the sand
Did you hear the ocean singing? Baby did you sing along?
While you danced over the water to some old forgotten song
Or where you even here at all?
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Somehow I wound up in the desert just after daylight
Theres a Joshua Tree growing in that old place you always liked
These pioneer town people they ain't got too much to say
If they might have seen you they ain't givin you away
Now it's been two days
Me, I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby
I've been lookin for you baby all night long
Think I'll go back to the city, back to El Cerrito Place
That's the last time I saw that pretty smile upon
I been lookin for you baby...
========
When I saw her standing there, with her bright eyes and shining hair,
she was looking back at me.
Some are meant to sing, some are meant to talk and some aren’t meant to say a thing.
But when she opened up her mouth and that sweet voice came out
I lost track of my own name.
Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.
Well the drifter, He holds on to his youth just like it was money in the bank.
And “Lord knows, I can’t change” sounds better in the song
than it does with hell to pay.
I might as well of slipped that ring on your finger from a window of a van
as it drove away.
Now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.
Dreams are given to you when you’re young enough to dream them
before they can do you any harm.
They don’t start to hurt, until you try to hold on to them after seeing how they really are.
She used to dream them with me, every single crazy one,
until they started hurting her too, now she’s got some of her own
and outgrowing me, might be the best thing for her she’s ever done.
A light that shines as bright as hers can’t be kept in the shadows for too long.
A heart that wants to live and a soul that wants to give
can’t just sit at home alone.
Lord, she’s give me everything and never wanted anything I couldn’t give.
Just what was inside of me.
And now she’s found herself, and I lost mine
and I’m just another guy who can’t give her anything.